During Election Season, PBS's Emmy Award-Winning Series 'Independent Lens' Showcases Democracy in Action, Here and Abroad

During Election Season, PBS's Emmy Award-Winning Series 'Independent Lens' Showcases Democracy in Action, Here and Abroad

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- This November, as Americans turn their attention to elections and our democratic process, Independent Lens will premiere three new documentaries that explore some of the issues that define a democratic society - freedom of expression, freedom of the press, and community involvement. The two-time Emmy Award-winning series, which airs on Tuesday nights at 10PM (check local listings) is hosted this season by Academy Award nominee Terrence Howard. The November lineup is:

November 7 at 10:00 p.m.
PAUL CONRAD: DRAWING FIRE by Barbara Multer-Wellin and Jeffrey Abelson

Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning Los Angeles Times editorial cartoonist Paul Conrad has drawn and quartered 11 presidents in a remarkable career spanning half a century. Narrated by Tom Brokaw, PAUL CONRAD: DRAWING FIRE pays tribute to a legendary journalist and artist who epitomizes the fiercely independent voice that has been vanishing from American news media in recent years.

November 21 at 10:00 p.m.
DEMOCRACY ON DEADLINE: The Global Struggle for an Independent Press
by Cal Skaggs

Can you have a true democracy without an energetically free press? DEMOCRACY ON DEADLINE shadows courageous journalists as they work to make, and keep, their societies free. Featuring reporters from the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and their counterparts in Afghanistan, Israel, Mexico, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. Also included is Russian journalist, Anna Politkovskaya, who was tragically murdered in Moscow on October 7th. (From the producer of LOCAL NEWS and WITH GOD ON OUR SIDE: THE RISE OF THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT.)

November 28 at 10:00 p.m.
TWO SQUARE MILES
by Barbara Ettinger

The historic town of Hudson, New York is confronting a modern Goliath: its own future. TWO SQUARE MILES tracks the conflicts that unfold when a proposed multinational cement plant threatens to reshape the community. Hudson's colorful and passionate residents, artists and activists attempt to save the town's unique character and architectural heritage and breathe life back into the exercise of democracy.

Also, airing on Tuesday, November 24th at 10PM, is a re-broadcast of the acclaimed A TOUCH OF GREATNESS, Leslie Sullivan and Catherine Gund's unforgettable portrait of maverick teacher Albert Cullum, first broadcast last season.

For more information, visit http://www.pbs.org/independentlens

Source: Independent Lens

CONTACT: Cara White, +1-843-881-1480, for Independent Lens

Web site: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens

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